The threat of a nuclear attack was very real during the 1950s and 1960s. The weapons became bigger and bigger with each test and there were enough of them to wipe out mankind many times.

The only time I really felt a sense of doom was during the Cuba Missle Crisis (October/1962) when President Kennedy confronted Soviet Premier Khrushchev over the deployment of missles in Cuba. Fortunately, the crisis was averted but most of the boomers felt that nuclear war could happen at anytime.

Personally, I feel, the emotional intensity/creativity of this time was brought on not only by the threat of massive global destuction, but the subconscious memory of it in a previous lifetime.

We know that information can be compressed into tiny bits and bytes on a hard drive. In a human being, I believe that pictures and sounds can contain our memories. This is "subatomic memory". Within my own subconscious, 50s and 60s rock songs brought back memories of an ancient civilization destroyed by nuclear weapons.

This is Carole King doing her own version of Locomotion(note that Slash from Gun And Roses is on lead guitar).

The song has been covered multiple times. It is notable for making the Top 5 in the USA three times: for Little Eva(its original release in1962; went to #1); for Grand Funk Railroad in 1974 (US #1); and for Kylie Minogue in 1988 (US #3). It is not a well known fact, but yes, it was written by Carole along with Gerry Goffin.

It is very doubtful that you might hear the songs below on an oldies radio station. They come from the lost period of music from 1958 to 1964. Most of the tunes are very romantic but not in the style of Frank Sinatra or Tony Bennett. They move with their own groovy beat.

This is a sample of the young music of the time. Mostly young teenage girls and boys listened to this music.

Here's the dictionary definition of "comfort zone": the level at which one functions with ease and familiarity.

My particular comfort zone on finances just shrunk over the last week. Part of the reason, is that I'm still invested in both U.S. and Canadian mutual funds/stocks.

Well, what goes down, eventually will go up. I believe most of the negativity is priced into the stock markets already and it has no where to go but up.

On a personal level, there was blow to my "comfort bubble" on finances. I'm not as well off as I was last week. Maybe this is a good thing, because I'll have to extend my comfort zone to other part-time jobs that would raise more money towards a secure retirement. Working harder and smarter goes along with this situation.

I discovered these courtroom interrogations by accident on www.stumbleupon.com . These incidents actually happened with different lawyers who were getting paid by governments or clients.

Attorney: Are you sexually active? Witness: No, I just lie there.

Attorney: So the date of conception of the baby was August 8th?Witness: Yes. Attorney: And what were you doing at that time? Witness: Uh.......

Attorney: All your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to? Witness: Oral.

Attorney: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning? Witness: Did you actually pass the bar exam?

Attorney: Do you recall the time that you examined the body? Witness: The autopsy started around 8:30 P.M. Attorney: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time? Witness: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy on him.

Attorney: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning? Witness: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?" Attorney: And why did that upset you? Witness: My name is Susan.

Attorney: She had three children, right? Witness: Yes. Attorney: How many were boys? Witness: None. Attorney: Were there any girls?

Attorney: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people? Witness: All of my autopsies are performed on dead people.

Attorney: How was your first marriage terminated? Witness: By death? Attorney: And by whose death was it terminated?

Attorney: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse? Witness: No. Attorney: Did you check for blood pressure? Witness: No. Attorney: Did you check for breathing? Witness: No. Attorney: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy? Witness: No. Attorney: How can you be so sure, doctor? Witness: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar? Attorney: But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless? Witness: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.

Most of us want to see a world at peace with no poverty where mankind can realize its true potential. However, there are problems in the road to these humane goals. Lets review below where divine assistance is most needed.

The unsettled condition in Pakistan where terrorists are threatening to take over a country which has nuclear arms.

The financing of terrorist networds and suicide bombers from the profits of Middle East oil companies.

"I put my life in danger and came here because I feel this country is in danger. People are worried. We will bring the country out of this crisis." Benazir Bhutto

Two years ago, I stated in this blog that the Middle East needed new spiritual recruits in the fight against evil in that area.

It appears that a spirit from Pakistan has joined the ranks of those who earnestly seek peace and justice within the Muslim community and the world.

A spirit will tarry on this planet with unfinished business and definitely the situation in Pakistan is unfinished business.

There is no retreat and no surrender when one is on crusade to end the violence against Muslims, women and humanity on Earth.

It isn't a matter of killing those who killed you and your family/friends. It's incapacitating those wretched beings so they can never harm humans again. Properly done, those beings would not be able to reincarnate after physical death.

No army on Earth is prepared to fight powerful spiritual beings on a higher plane.

Benizir Bhutto was prepared to fight and die for what she believed in. Hopefully, Muslims will look on her as a great example of an inner personal jihad at work.